Sage Advocacy

Sage is the National Advocacy Service for Older People. It is currently expanding its services to survivors of institutional abuse and it also supports healthcare patients in certain situations where no other service is available. It responds according to a person’s needs with Information – Support – Advocacy – Safeguarding and often a combination of all these approaches. It also identifies, analyses and highlights issues which require systems changes through Systemic Advocacy. Sage is a ‘go to’ organisation with regard to issues of capacity and decision making and the workings of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Acts.

Nothing about you without you

The right to have your voice heard and to participate in making decisions that affect you is a fundamental principle in a democratic society. It is a principle simply stated as ‘Nothing about you / without you’.

An independent voice

Sage Advocacy ensures that a person’s voice is heard, that their wishes are taken into account and that they are assisted, in whatever ways necessary, to be involved in decisions that affect them. Sage’s work is independent of family members, service providers and systems interests. We are publicly funded and while we collaborate where possible, we challenge where necessary.

Further information is available on the Sage website: sageadvocacy.ie.

Sage Advocacy Information Leaflet (PDF, size 1 MB, 2 pages)

Sage Information Leaflet - What we do (PDF, size 1.1 MB, 2 pages)